Imagining the End
Subtitle: Visions of Apocalypse from the Ancient Middle East to Modern America
Contributors: Abbas Amanat (Editor); Magnus Bernhardsson (Editor)
Publisher: I. B. Tauris
Published: February 9, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 427
ISBN-13: 9781860647246
Subjects: Comparative religion; Doctrinal theology; Sociology; Literary Criticism; General; Religion / Comparative Religion
First sentence: Now that the public euphoria surrounding the turn of the century is at its ebb, the time has come to reflect on the scholarship on the origins and evolution of millennialism as a historical phenomenon, its multifaceted manifestations, and its lasting grip over the human imagination.